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Linford is a hamlet in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, close to the market town of Ringwood. It is about 1.5 miles east of Ringwood. It is in the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley.

Forest Corner is a village in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is on the A31 road travelling between Southampton and Bournemouth. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to the west.

Picket Hill is a hamlet next to Picket Post in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It lies on the outskirts of Ringwood.

Hangersley is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It only lies exactly 1 mile (1.5 km) from Ringwood, its nearest town.

Picket Post is a road junction and service area in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It lies on the A31 road.

Highwood is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. According to the Post Office the population of the hamlet at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 1.5 miles (2.2 km) south-west from the village.

Poulner (/'paʊnə/) is a small village in the civil parish of Ringwood in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England, although its northern fringe lies in the adjacent civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the town centre of Ringwood. Poulner is recorded as Polenore in 1300, Polenoure in 1327, Pulnore in 1410, and Powner in 1682. The origin of the name is uncertain, but the second element "ora" or "ofer" means "bank, slope", probably referring to the escarpment now known as Poulner Hill that lies to its east, and the first element might be "polleie" meaning the popular herb "pennyroyal".At one time Poulner was a separate settlement from Ringwood - however 20th century development of housing in the fields and small-holdings that once lay between Poulner and Ringwood have made Poulner effectively a suburb of Ringwood. Today Poulner has a row of shops including a Tesco Express containing a post office, two pubs, a medical centre with an attached pharmacy, two primary schools, a small Anglican church and a Baptist chapel, a Scout group, and an amateur dramatics society called Poulner Players.The site of Royal Air Force Station Ibsley, in use during World War II, is located on the outskirts of Poulner to the north. This site has later been used for motor-racing as Ibsley Circuit and today is a quarry lake area.

Hightown is a village in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-west from the village. Hightown is located to the southeast of Ringwood where the land rises to 60 metres (200 ft). It straddles the border of the New Forest National Park. The village has one inn called The Elm Tree. The inn is the monthly meeting place of the Wessex Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club.To the east of the village is Hightown Common. This parcel of land consisting of 16 hectares (40 acres) was acquired by the Open Spaces Society in 1929, in memory of George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley who founded the society. It was passed to the National Trust, together with a memorial seat, designed by architect Elisabeth Scott.

Crow is a small village situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west from the village.

Linbrook Lake, also called Linbrook East, is a lake located just west of the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England with the village of Blashford extending further west toward the A338 road. The nearest sizable town to this lake is Ringwood, which lies approximately 1.2 miles (2.3 km) south-west. This area is frequented by bird watchers, and the lake can be viewed from the Avon Valley Path.The lake is about 20 acres (8.1 ha), with thick weeds and depths up to 12 feet (3.7 m). It is a top tench fishery, and is also known for bream and carp, and occasional rudd.This lake is adjacent to the Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve.

Linwood is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 4.2 miles (5.9 km) south-west from the village. It is in the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley. The village has one pub, named the Red Shoot Inn and a camping park, named the Red Shoot Camping Park.The wildlife film maker Eric Ashby lived at Linwood from 1953 until his death in 2003.

Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley is a civil parish in the west of the English county of Hampshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 1,171.The civil parish was formed in 1974 by the amalgamation of the three titular villages which had all been civil parishes in their own right, it forms part of the New Forest District. The main geographical features of the area are the A338 road (connecting Poole and Bournemouth with Salisbury) and the Hampshire Avon. The nearest towns are Ringwood and Fordingbridge. Populated places in the parish include: Ellingham Furze Hill Harbridge Highwood Ibsley Linford Linwood Mockbeggar Moyles Court School Poulner Rockford Shobley Somerley South Gorley Turmer